Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London,
and President Donald Trump of the United States have been engaging in a war of
words over the latter’s visit to the United Kingdom.
On Monday, Donald Trump and first
lady Melania Trump arrived the UK for a three-day visit, where they were
received at Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and
Charles’ wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
Criticising the visit in an op-ed
for the UK Guardian newspaper, Khan wrote that Trump was an increasing threat
to global peace.
“Donald Trump is just one of the
most egregious examples of a growing global threat. The far right is on the
rise around the world, threatening our hard-won rights and freedoms and the
values that have defined our liberal, democratic societies for more than
seventy years,” Khan wrote.
He said Trump and other far-right
politicians “are intentionally pitting their own citizens against one another,
regardless of the horrific impact in our communities”.
TRUMP REPLIES: YOU’RE A STONE COLD LOSER
Trump took to Twitter to call out
the London Mayor — in his predicted manner.
“Sadiq Khan who by all accounts
has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly ‘nasty’ to the
visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the
United Kingdom,” Trump tweeted.
“He is a stone cold loser who
should focus on crime in London, not me. Kahn reminds me very much of our very
dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job
– only half his height.
“In any event, I look forward to
being a great friend to the United Kingdom, and am looking very much forward to
my visit.”
On Tuesday, the US President is
scheduled to meet with Theresa May, the outgoing British Prime Minister, before
travelling on Wednesday to Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, and on to
Paris, France.
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